1962–63 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United

1962–63 season

Chairman

Harold Hardman

Manager

Matt Busby

First Division

19th

FA Cup

Winners

Top goalscorer

League:
Denis Law (23)
All:
Denis Law (29)

Highest home attendance

63,437 vs Everton (29 August 1962)

Lowest home attendance

27,496 vs Nottingham Forest (8 December 1962)

Average home league attendance

41,297

Home colours

Away colours

← 1961–62

1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was Manchester United's 61st season in the Football League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of English football. They finished a disappointing 19th in the league, narrowly avoiding relegation, but also finished the season as FA Cup winners with a 3-1 win over Leicester City in the Wembley final. It was a successful first season at the club for record signing Denis Law, who scored 23 goals in the league and 29 in all competitions. The FA Cup win was United's first major trophy for six years and the first trophy they had won since the Munich air disaster.^[1]

First Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 1962	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 – 2	Herd, Law	51,685
22 August 1962	Everton	A	1 – 3	Moir	69,501
25 August 1962	Arsenal	A	3 – 1	Herd (2), Chisnall	62,308
29 August 1962	Everton	H	0 – 1		63,437
1 September 1962	Birmingham City	H	2 – 0	Giles, Herd	39,847
5 September 1962	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 – 3		44,859
8 September 1962	Leyton Orient	A	0 – 1		24,901
12 September 1962	Bolton Wanderers	H	3 – 0	Herd (2), Cantwell	37,721
15 September 1962	Manchester City	H	2 – 3	Law (2)	49,193
22 September 1962	Burnley	H	2 – 5	Law, Stiles	45,954
29 September 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0 – 1		40,520
6 October 1962	Blackpool	A	2 – 2	Herd (2)	33,242
13 October 1962	Blackburn Rovers	H	0 – 3		42,252
24 October 1962	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2 – 6	Herd, Quixall	51,314
27 October 1962	West Ham United	H	3 – 1	Quixall (2), Law	29,204
3 November 1962	Ipswich Town	A	5 – 3	Law (4), Herd	18,483
10 November 1962	Liverpool	H	3 – 3	Giles, Herd, Quixall	43,810
17 November 1962	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3 – 2	Law (2), Herd	27,305
24 November 1962	Aston Villa	H	2 – 2	Quixall (2)	36,852
1 December 1962	Sheffield United	A	1 – 1	Charlton	25,173
8 December 1962	Nottingham Forest	H	5 – 1	Herd (2), Charlton, Giles, Law	27,496
15 December 1962	West Bromwich Albion	A	0 – 3		18,113
26 December 1962	Fulham	A	1 – 0	Charlton	23,928
23 February 1963	Blackpool	H	1 – 1	Herd	43,121
2 March 1963	Blackburn Rovers	A	2 – 2	Charlton, Law	27,924
9 March 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0 – 2		53,416
18 March 1963	West Ham United	A	1 – 3	Herd	28,950
23 March 1963	Ipswich Town	H	0 – 1		32,792
1 April 1963	Fulham	H	0 – 2		28,124
9 April 1963	Aston Villa	A	2 – 1	Charlton, Stiles	26,867
13 April 1963	Liverpool	A	0 – 1		51,529
15 April 1963	Leicester City	H	2 – 2	Charlton, Herd	50,005
16 April 1963	Leicester City	A	3 – 4	Law (3)	37,002
20 April 1963	Sheffield United	H	1 – 1	Law	31,179
22 April 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2 – 1	Herd, Law	36,147
1 May 1963	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 3	Setters	31,878
4 May 1963	Burnley	A	1 – 0	Law	30,266
6 May 1963	Arsenal	H	2 – 3	Law (2)	35,999
10 May 1963	Birmingham City	A	1 – 2	Law	21,814
15 May 1963	Manchester City	A	1 – 1	Quixall	52,424
18 May 1963	Leyton Orient	H	3 – 1	Charlton, Law, own goal	32,759
20 May 1963	Nottingham Forest	A	2 – 3	Giles, Herd	16,130

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	5	22	55	75	35
19	Manchester United	42	12	10	20	67	81	34
20	Birmingham City	42	10	13	19	63	90	33

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
4 March 1963	Round 3	Huddersfield Town	H	5 – 0	Law (3), Giles, Quixall	47,703
11 March 1963	Round 4	Aston Villa	H	1 – 0	Quixall	52,265
16 March 1963	Round 5	Chelsea	H	2 – 1	Law, Quixall	48,298
30 March 1963	Round 6	Coventry City	A	3 – 1	Charlton (2), Quixall	44,000
27 April 1963	Semi-final	Southampton	N	1 – 0	Law	65,000
25 May 1963	Final	Leicester City	N	3 – 1	Herd (2), Law	100,000

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	David Gaskell	18	0	2	0	20	0
GK	Harry Gregg	24	0	4	0	28	0
FB	Shay Brennan	37	0	4	0	41	0
FB	Noel Cantwell	25	1	5	0	30	1
FB	Tony Dunne	25	0	3	0	28	0
HB	Pat Crerand	19	0	3	0	22	0
HB	Bill Foulkes	41	0	6	0	47	0
HB	Frank Haydock	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB	Nobby Lawton	12	0	0	0	12	0
HB	Jimmy Nicholson	10	0	0	0	10	0
HB	Maurice Setters	27	1	6	0	33	1
HB	Nobby Stiles	31	2	4	0	35	2
FW	Bobby Charlton	28	7	6	2	34	9
FW	Phil Chisnall	6	1	0	0	6	1
FW	Johnny Giles	36	4	6	1	42	5
FW	David Herd	37	19	6	2	43	21
FW	Denis Law	38	23	6	6	44	29
FW	Sammy McMillan	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW	Ian Moir	9	1	0	0	9	1
FW	Mark Pearson	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Albert Quixall	31	7	5	4	36	11
FW	Dennis Walker	1	0	0	0	1	0
–	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	1

References

↑ "Manchester United Season 1962/63". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall

Third Division	Barnsley Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Halifax Town Hull City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Wrexham York City

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